Query 2
from Secret Codes
16" x 12"
acrylic  on canvas
2021
Exhibitions
Houston, Texas, Secret Codes, June 26, 2021
 
Query 2 deepens the threshold. The same robot reappears, now with a green cloud-like head and mechanical limbs, holding a yellow vase of flowers. The background bleeds with red, purple, and brown hues, and the question—“Can You Spot a Pattern?”—feels more ominous.


Equations and numeric fragments scatter across the canvas, suggesting analysis, surveillance, or obsession. The robot’s gesture is frozen, its logic unreadable. The coloring-book approach remains, but the tone has shifted: from invitation to interrogation.


The codes embedded here echo throughout the Secret Codes series. Query 2 doesn’t offer clarity—it offers recursion. A ritual of inquiry where the pattern may be emotional, not mathematical.